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Aerospace Engineering PhD

Degree awarded: Doctor of Philosophy

Duration: 36 Months [Full-Time] / 72 Months [Part-Time]

Entry requirements:

A student may be admitted to a PhD degree only if an appropriate research environment is availablefor the duration of the degree. This should include the availability of appropriate academic staff toprovide supervision and training, other research-support staff, research facilities and learningresources.

Applicants for admission will normally hold a Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification, a Masters

Degree or equivalent qualification, or both. The level of attainment for the Bachelor's degree willnormally be equivalent to that of a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours UK Bachelor's degree.Some areas of study may require a Master's level qualification in a relevant discipline for admission to aPhD. Professional qualifications other than a Bachelor's Degree and/or relevant and appropriateexperience may be taken into account for entry to a PhD degree.

Applicants for admission to PhD who do not meet the above criteria, but who hold a Bachelor's degreewith Lower Second Class Honours or equivalent qualification, may be admitted to the degree of MPhilin the first instance. Following completion of one year's registration, candidates will be required todemonstrate, through a formal progress report and meeting that they have achieved a satisfactoryperformance in terms of a standard consistent with the award of the degree of MPhil, in order to beallowed to progress to year two of PhD registration.

Course fees: For entry in the academic year beginning September 2013, the tuition fees are asfollows:

PhD (full-time)UK/EU students (per annum): 3,900International students (per annum): Standard 16,500, Band 1 18,100, Band 2 18,800, Band3 20,200PhD (part-time)UK/EU students (per annum): 1,950International students (per annum): Standard 8,250, Low 9,050, Medium 9,400, High10,100

Please note for the majority of projects where experimentation requires further resource: higher feebands (where quoted) will be charged rather than the base rate for supervision, administration andcomputational costs. The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive and, therefore, you will not berequired to pay any additional bench fees or administration costs.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely overthe duration of the course for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, forthe course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees/index.html] . Always contact the department if youare unsure which fee applies to your project.

Scholarships/sponsorships:

Funding Opportunities [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/] .

Related website: www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/]
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Academic department: School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Contact email: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

Contact telephone: +44 (0) 161 275 4345

How to apply: Apply online [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/]

Course options

Full-time Part-time Full-time distance learning Part-time distance learningPhD Y Y N N

Course description

Aerospace Research Group[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/aerospace/index.html]

This Group undertakes research directly relevant to the aerospace industry and also of a quitefundamental nature.

Manchester has a distinguished history [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/hall/index.html] inturbulence modelling (from Osborne Reynolds to Brian Launder) and also in Fluids (e.g. Lamb andGoldstein), reflected in aerodynamics and heat transfer research today coupled with computationalfluid dynamics (CFD) allied to interests in Dynamics, Composite Structures and Aeroelasticity.

There is strong industrial linkage with EADS, Airbus and the Group is a preferred academic partner forBAE Systems in experimental aerodynamics and dynamic loads. EU collaboration is particularly strong.There are excellent test facilities for dynamics and aerodynamics with large wind tunnels at theGoldstein Laboratory.

Research Centres

University of Manchester Aerospace Research Institute [http://www.umari.manchester.ac.uk/] (UMARI)

Expert Groups

Advanced Flow Diagnostics and Insrumentation[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/flowdiagnostics/]

Computational Fluid Dynamics [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/cfd/]Dynamics and Aeroelasticity [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/aeroelasticity/]Experimental Aerodynamics [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/aerodynamics/]Multi-Physics [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/multiphysics/]Turbulence Mechanics [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/sigs/turbulence/]

Examples of current and recently completed PhD projects[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/projects/current_recent/by_subject/recent_aero.html]

Available postgraduate research topics[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/projects/available/aerospace/index.html]

Course aims

A PhD [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/#phd] is the target of most postgraduatestudents who relish the opportunity to undertake a research project with intellectual, scientific,industrial or commercial challenges. Those from industrial backgrounds may also find it possible topartake in this level of graduate work, which is of particular value to the individuals training anddevelopment.

Depending on your education and work experience you may register directly for a PhD Degree,

however some students will initially register for an MPhil degree, where after one year if satisfactoryprogress is made you will progress onto the second year of a PhD.

For both a direct PhD and MPhil-PhD degree the period of study would be three years full-time or thepart-time equivalent. Students would also be permitted to register as a writing-up student for 12months at the end of the degree to complete your dissertation.
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This programme route is also available as a split-site option, which enables overseas students to splittheir studies between the UK and their home country. If a student would like to take this route asupervisor must be appointed in the UK and overseas, and confirmation of free time and study planmust be approved by both supervisors.

Open days

The date of the next University of Manchester Postgraduate Open Day[http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/opendays/] is Wednesday 28 November 2012.

Full entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview:

A student may be admitted to a PhD degree only if an appropriate research environment is availablefor the duration of the degree. This should include the availability of appropriate academic staff toprovide supervision and training, other research-support staff, research facilities and learningresources.

Applicants for admission will normally hold a Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification, a MastersDegree or equivalent qualification, or both. The level of attainment for the Bachelor's degree willnormally be equivalent to that of a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours UK Bachelor's degree.

Some areas of study may require a Master's level qualification in a relevant discipline for admission to aPhD. Professional qualifications other than a Bachelor's Degree and/or relevant and appropriateexperience may be taken into account for entry to a PhD degree.

Applicants for admission to PhD who do not meet the above criteria, but who hold a Bachelor's degreewith Lower Second Class Honours or equivalent qualification, may be admitted to the degree of MPhilin the first instance. Following completion of one year's registration, candidates will be required todemonstrate, through a formal progress report and meeting that they have achieved a satisfactoryperformance in terms of a standard consistent with the award of the degree of MPhil, in order to beallowed to progress to year two of PhD registration.

English language: All applicants will need to demonstrate competency in the English language.

Applicants who do not already posses a recognised English Language qualification will need to take arecognised test such as IELTS or TOEFL and attain a minimum of IELTS 6.5 ( with no sub test less than5.5), TOEFL 570 with 5.0 in the TWE (Computer-based 230 or above or Internet-based 88-89 orabove). Other English Language qualifications / tests can be considered including those offered by theUniversity's English Language Teaching Centre [http://www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk/]

Other international entry requirements: We accept a range of qualifications from differentcountries. For these and general requirements including English language see entry requirements fromyour country [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/international/country/]

Re-applicationsIf you applied in the previous year and your application was not successful you may apply again. Your

application will be considered against the standard course entry criteria for that year of entry. In yournew application you should demonstrate how your application has improved. We may draw upon allinformation from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a studentwhen assessing your suitability for your chosen course.If you are applying for a place for the sameyear of entry through UCAS Extra, you should provide additional evidence of your suitability for thecourse. If you are applying through clearing you are required to meet the clearing requirements. Inboth UCAS Extra and clearing the places will be subject to availability.

Teaching and learningThe Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is awarded by the University in recognition of the successfulcompletion of a period of supervised research and training, the results of which show convincingevidence of the capacity of the candidate to pursue research and scholarship and make an original

contribution and substantial addition to knowledge. The results of this research shall then be embodiedin a thesis or other appropriate form and must contain material of a standard appropriate for peer-reviewed publication.

All candidates for the degree o f PhD must undertake a skills audit at the beginning of their degree, andannually thereafter throughout their degree to determine their research, transferable and generic skills
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requirements. The audit will provide the basis for a planned programme of skills training anddevelopment. The outcomes of the audit and programme of skills development must be agreed by thestudent and the supervisory team. The supervisory team will be responsible for ensuring that thestudent has access to the required skills training and development opportunities.

Students admitted to the degree of PhD shall demonstrate satisfactory progress before the end of thefirst year of their research degree by submission of a substantial progress report which will bediscussed at a formal progress meeting with the supervisory team and an independent assessor.Satisfactory performance in the report and progress meeting by those registered for MPhil in the first

instance will normally result in transfer to registration for PhD.

FacilitiesYou can find information on School's facilities by visiting Research Groups[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/] pages.

Disability supportPractical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability SupportOffice. Email: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

Academic department

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Academic department overview

See: About Us [http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/] .

Contact details

Contact name: Michelle Ringwood

Telephone: +44 (0) 161 275 4345

Facsimile: +44 (0) 161 306 4646

Email: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

Website: www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/[http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/]

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